story: The Achaemenid Empire, also called the First Persian Empire, was an empire based in Western Asia, founded by Cyrus the Great. Ranging at its greatest extent from the Balkans and Eastern Europe proper in the west to the Indus Valley in the east, it was one of the largest empires in history, spanning 5.5 million square kilometers, and was larger than any previous empire in history. It is equally notable for its successful model of a centralised, bureaucratic administration (through satraps under the King of Kings), for building infrastructure such as road systems and a postal system, the use of an official language across its territories, and the development of civil services and a large professional army. The empire's successes inspired similar systems in later empires. It is noted in Western history as the antagonist of the Greek city-states during the Greco-Persian Wars and for the emancipation of the Jewish exiles in Babylon. 
  
  By the 7th century BC, the Persians had settled in the southwestern portion of the Iranian Plateau in the region of Persis, which came to be their . From this region, Cyrus the Great advanced to defeat the Medes, Lydia, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire, establishing the Achaemenid Empire. Alexander the Great, an avid admirer of Cyrus the Great, conquered most of the empire by 330 BC. Upon his death, most of the empire's former territory came under the rule of the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Seleucid Empire, in addition to other minor territories which gained independence at that time. The Iranian population of the central plateau reclaimed power by the second century BC under the Parthian Empire.
questions: What's another name for the First Persian Empire?
questions: Who founded it?
questions: By when had Persians settled in the southwestern portion of the Iranian plateau?
questions: Who did Cyrus the Great defeat from there?
questions: Who did Alexander the Great admire?
questions: By when did Alexander conquer most of the empire?
questions: Was that empire one of the largest in history?
questions: What did it extend to in the east?
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questions: How many kilometers was it?
questions: What kind of administration is it notable for?
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questions: Name one kind of infrastructure they built?
questions: Can you name another?
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questions: Who was it the antagonist for?
questions: Is it known for emancipation?
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questions: Did its sucesses inspire later empires?
answers: The Achaemenid Empire
answers: The Achaemenid Empire, also called the First Persian Empire
answers: Cyrus the Great
answers:  founded by Cyrus the Great.
answers: the 7th century BC
answers: By the 7th century BC, the Persians had settled in the southwestern portion of the Iranian Plateau
answers: the Medes, Lydia, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire
answers: Cyrus the Great advanced to defeat the Medes, Lydia, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire
answers: Cyrus the Great
answers:  Alexander the Great, an avid admirer of Cyrus the Great
answers: by 330 BC
answers:  Alexander the Great, an avid admirer of Cyrus the Great, conquered most of the empire by 330 BC
answers: yes
answers:  it was one of the largest empires in history
answers: the Indus Valley
answers: the Indus Valley in the east
answers: the Balkans and Eastern Europe
answers:  the Balkans and Eastern Europe proper in the west
answers: 5.5 million square kilometers
answers: 5.5 million square kilometers
answers: centralised and bureaucratic
answers: a centralised, bureaucratic administration
answers: satraps under the King of Kings
answers: (through satraps under the King of Kings
answers: road systems
answers:  building infrastructure such as road systems
answers: a postal system
answers: infrastructure such as road systems and a postal system
answers: civil services
answers:  civil services
answers: a large professional army
answers: a large professional army
answers: the Greek city-states
answers: the antagonist of the Greek city-states
answers: yes
answers:  the emancipation of the Jewish exiles in Babylon
answers: the Jewish exiles in Babylon
answers:  the emancipation of the Jewish exiles in Babylon
answers: yes
answers: The empire's successes inspired similar systems in later empires.